Begin by talking to Raquel to receive the quest. She'll inform the Courier that there is an ant infestation within their communications array building.

It is actually not necessary to kill the ants as long as the power is turned back on. The Courier can then return to Raquel and lie about the ants being cleared out with a Speech check (55). This will result in a loss of Karma, but will still award Boomer fame, exp. and will successfully complete the quest.

Thump-Thump, a unique grenade rifle, is found in the section east of the ant mound (near a skeleton) on the bottom floor.

There are several shelves of ammunition boxes, and cartons of ammunition in several different rifle and handgun rounds along with two mini nukes on the northern side of the bottom floor, right next to the garage door ramp.

Boomer armor, helmets, ammunition, and standard grenade launchers can be found on the first floor by looting the two dead Boomer soldiers Raquel mentioned they lost. An assault carbine and marksman carbine can also be found by the bodies of the Boomers.

Be careful not to accidentally shoot the howitzer shells while killing the ants. If they are damaged, they will explode, causing an even bigger explosion with the death of any ants.

The catwalk is not high enough to avoid the explosion of howitzer shells below the Courier if an explosion accidentally occurs.

Activating the sonic emitter will kill any ants in the vicinity without them exploding.

ED-E's electrical zap, as well as Arcade Gannons Plasma Defender causes the ants to explode, so leave them outside to prevent this.

PCPlaystation 3Xbox 360 When completing the quest, the terminal near the solar panels seems to magically disappear leaving no trace whatsoever.[verified]

PCPlaystation 3Xbox 360 When speaking to Raquel after completing all objectives, the only available option may be "Goodbye" or "See you later," making it impossible to complete the quest.[verified]

PCPlaystation 3Xbox 360 On occasion, the main circuit breaker switch will not register being activated. The switch will move up and down, but the quest will not advance. Using completeallobjectives 1083de gets the Courier past this. For the xbox360, just simply leave the 3 switches alone, then do a quest for the Boomers and return to turn on the switches after the quest is complete.[verified]

PCXbox 360 The Courier receives credit for killing the ants with whatever weapon they currently have in their hands when activating the sonic emitter. Activating the emitter with a one handed weapon equipped counts towards one-handed weapon kills, etc.[verified]